View clinical trials related to Alzheimer Disease.
Filter by:The primary objective of the study was to examine the safety and tolerability of memantine in outpatients with moderate to severe Alzheimer's Disease.
To characterize the comorbidities and medications of patients treated with donepezil in a routine clinical practice and to verify the therapeutic response of these patients.
Background: Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are often reported in institutions for the elderly. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a staff education intervention to manage BPSD in older people with a diagnosis of dementia.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by neuritic plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and neuronal cell loss. Amyloid plaques are believed to play an integral role in AD. Elevated levels of Aβ in the brain are correlated with cognitive decline. There are no approved ways to measure amyloid load in humans. Several compounds are under investigation. All of these compounds use radioactive chemical tags for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. The most promising compound is 11C-PIB, or Pittsburgh Compound-B. This compound can be injected and a PET scan performed. This allows doctors to see the amyloid plaques in the brain, and to use this information to look at other types of dementia to see if there are differences and/or similarities in the plaques. We will recruit a total of 30 subjects, 10 from each of the following three diagnostic categories: frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Alzheimer's disease, and normal volunteers. All subjects will be given an [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose or FDG-PET scan (if they haven't had one in the past) and a PIB-PET scan. The overall objective of this project is to study the biodistribution of 11C-PIB using PET imaging in normal elderly volunteers and relevant patient groups.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of ABT-089 in adults with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.
This study is being performed in order to learn more about a new drug (possible as treatment for people with Alzheimer's Disease and other conditions with cognitive dysfunction (memory and attention problems)) and how it is handled by the body by giving the drug to healthy volunteers with different genotypes.
The primary purpose of this study is to assess biomarker known as amyloid beta peptide 40 (Ab40) in Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), following a single oral dose of PAZ-417 in subjects with Alzheimer Disease (AD). This study will also consider another biomarker amyloid beta peptide 42 (Ab42) in Cerebrospinal Fluid in subjects with Alzheimer Disease and assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic profile of PAZ-417 in both plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid in these subjects.
The aims of this study are to 1) examine the effects of AZD3480 and donepezil on the blood concentrations of each other and 2) assess the safety and tolerability of the combined administration of AZD3480 with donepezil.
Eligible patients will undergo this open label initial safety and feasibility study investigating the use of 6 g/day sodium oxybate in mild AD. A total of 5 visits are included with this trial and total subject participation duration of 7-8 weeks. The screening phase will include an initial screening visit and a screening PSG night. After successful screening, subjects will complete a baseline PSG night and undergo a third PSG night to monitor initial safety and compliance with study drug at a dosage of 4.5 g/day of sodium oxybate. Thus the subject will undergo three consecutive nights of PSG in the sleep center. The patient will maintain a dosage of 4.5 g/day for a duration of 7 days leading to Treatment Visit 1. After successful assessment at Treatment Visit 1, the dosage will be increased to 6 g/day for the duration of the trial. At Treatment Visit 2 (day 21), the dosage will be increased to a dosage of 9 g/day, if tolerated by the patient. The remaining visit will occur at 6 weeks after baseline, with Treatment Visit 3 consisting of two consecutive nights of PSG. Participation will be complete after this visit. Phone follow-up will be made at one week post completion visits to assess any wash-out symptoms. Please refer to Figure for flow of the study design.
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of Dimebon in combination with donepezil (Aricept) in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.